Author note: I'm not loving how short these chapters ended up, but it didn't make sense to the flow of the story to split them in any other way...
Warning: Sex, pseudo-science, Henry being emotional.
Pair: William Zimmerman and Henry Foss.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sanctuary, because if I did the ending would be more of an ending, rather than just stopping like it did. Stupid cancellations...


Kate was hovering outside Henry's lab when Will arrived.

"Oh, great timing! Could you grab my paperwork from in there?" she pleaded. "Henry threw me out of the lab." Kate showed him her forearm, where a bruise was already appearing. "Literally threw me. I didn't even have time to grab my report." Will frowned.

"I'll grab it and see what's going on." He slid through the door. "How're you holding out, man? Kate said you tossed her of the lab." Henry looked uncomfortable.

"Yeah, well it's not just the female Abnormals that are in heat. She probably won't realise it's affected her until her..." he pulled a slightly disgusted expression, "starts early." Will mirrored his expression and picked up Kate's report.

"You can tell when that happens?" Henry gagged.

"Dude, I can smell when it happens." Will turned a little green.

"That's disgusting." He slid the file out of the door to the waiting Kate, then firmly closed the door. "H, we need to talk about this, don't we? The whole... whatever this is."

"I don't know. Do we?" Will raised an eyebrow.

"Tesla suggests that this thing made you think I'm going to walk away." The werewolf's body language told Will that Nikola had been right. "You're wrong. Whatever it is that's made you worry like this, forget it. I made the choice a good six months ago – I chose to stay and be your mate, it was a conscious decision. I lay there that morning you came out of season thinking about it, and I picked you, Henry Foss."

"But if I'm right and there's some form of hormone I'm giving off that influenced you somehow, when Magnus' chemical blanket kicks in you'll wake up from whatever daze you're in, and realised that you just spent the last eight months sharing a bed with a man you have no feelings for, and no desire to stay with." Will growled, and grabbed Henry by the collar. The werewolf grunted as the breath was knocked from his lungs when Will slammed him against the nearest wall.

"You fucking idiot!" Will snarled. "What part of 'I love you' don't you understand?" Henry blushed. They'd never said it before – they'd never felt the need, they both know how the other felt – and hearing confirmation of his mate's feelings made the wolf in Henry howl in triumph. The shorter man bit his lip as Will pinned him to the wall, forcing down the stirrings of arousal.

"The part where neither of us ever say it." Green eyes gazed mournfully into blue. "You had to learn to love me, Will. I was pushed by the wolf. Neither of us really chose it. I'm not just scared you'll lose interest – I'm scared I will."

"Huh." Will let go, stepping back. "Wouldn't you be glad? You'd get to actually decide whether you want to be with me or not." Henry sighed.

"Yeah, I guess, but what if we both decided it wasn't what we wanted, and then everything went back to how it now? We'd both still be tied together, but then we'd hate it." Will frowned, and pulled Henry against him, snaking his hands into his mate's back pockets.

"I can't promise that won't happen." He leant up and traced his lips across Henry's forehead, and smiled sadly at the shaky breath he felt against his throat. "I don't know if all this will just force us apart or closer together, but right now, all I know is that I want to be here."

"It's like I can't breathe without you sometimes," Henry admitted, "and sometimes I don't want to." Will hugged him tightly, pulling the werewolf's head to rest on his shoulder. "It sounds stupid and dramatic as hell, but-" Will cut him off with a deep kiss. "Sorry. Babbling. Got it."

"Magnus is introducing the gas to the ventilation system tonight. It's meant to fully kick in around midday tomorrow. We'll make the most of tonight, just in case, alright?" Henry nodded, tearing up. Will drew away, letting go of his lover's waist slowly. "Movie, dinner, bed. Sound good?"

"Sounds awesome."


TBC